Professor of Biology & Leader of the AEP
E-Mail: [email protected]
Voice: + 1/616/331-8582
ORCID: 0000-0002-4764-7691
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A few select presentations:
YouTube discussion on the Warming Arctic with Kaare Erickson and Bob Hollister (2021)
YouTube Talk to MiRCLE speaker series "Climate Change in the Arctic" (2020)
PDF of PowerPoint to ITEX-AON members (2020)
PDF of PowerPoint about climate change (2020)
PDF of poster to the SEARCH open science meeting (2019)
PDF of PowerPoint to Jenison High School (2018)
PDF of PowerPoint to CLAS Colloquium on Communicating Climate Change (2017)
PDF of poster to the Arctic Observatory Network (2015)
PDF of PowerPoint to the International Tundra Experiment Conference (2015)
PDF of poster of student projects to the Arctic Observatory Network (2008)

Bob leads the Arctic Ecology Program.

He began Arctic research in 1995 working under Pat Webber at Utqiaġvik (formerly Barrow) and Atqasuk, Alaska.  These sites are now among the longest continually monitored vegetation studies in the Arctic.   

Bob has a rich history of service related to Arctic research.  He is currently co-chair of the ITEX (International Tundra EXperiment) network and has taken a leadership role within the group on several synthesis activities.  He currently leads a collaborative multi-disciplinary research project funded by the National Science Foundation as part of the Arctic Observatory Network often referred to as ITEX-AON.

Bob has experience working in systems outside the Arctic circle, especially Michigan wetlands.  He teaches courses in plant identification and environmental science at GVSU.  He often talks with community groups and classrooms about the Arctic and climate change.   Do not hesitate to contact him, you will generally find him happy to talk.